I've used a Knoppix 3.3 CDROM to install debian testing on a Dell
Latitiude D600, by doing a
sudo knoppix-installer
from a terminal window, after booting from the CDROM.
The result is a debian testing installation, using LILO as the boot
loader.
The kernel installed by Knoppix is called 2.4.24-xfs.
I used the following command to pull in the newest 2.4 kernel in
testing:
apt-get install kernel-image-2.4-686 pcmcia-modules-2.4-686
(currently this pulls in 2.4.25)
A new kernel was installed in the /boot directory, and the customary
symlinks were set up from /, and lilo was run without complaining.
Unfortunately, the new kernel won't boot. All that happens, is that
LILO writes the following text to the console:
Loading Linux.............
BIOS data check successful.
Then the screen turns black, and the two indicators to the left of the
power button starts blinking, and that's all that happens.
Does anyone know how to get more debugging info from LILO?
Is the problem the choice of processor architecture? "Pentium M"
isn't in the list of processors supported by -686, which is
PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV, according to the package page:
http://packages.debian.org/testing/base/kernel-image-2.4-686
Is there some hardware that is the problem? Something laptop
specific? Something to do with ACPI?
Could it be something in the modules.conf file created for 2.4.24-xfs
that disagrees with the debian 2.4.25 kernel? The modules.conf file
is attached.
Could the problem be in the lilo.conf file? The lilo.conf file is
also attached.
Thanx in advance for all hints, suggestions, guesses, and ideas!
- Steinar
vga=791
# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
# --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
# and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# | !! Reminder !! |
# | |
# | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this |
# | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The |
# | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image |
# | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. |
# | |
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# Support LBA for large hard disks.
#
lba32
# Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS'
# harddisk order. Use with caution.
#disk=/dev/hde
# bios=0x81
#disk=/dev/sda
# bios=0x80
# Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hda
# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hda7
# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact
# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
# You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text
# Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
#
install=/boot/boot-menu.b
# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map
# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000
# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
delay=20
# You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
# message=/boot/bootmess.txt
prompt
timeout=150
# prompt
# single-key
# delay=100
# timeout=100
# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
# append=""
append="hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi
apm=power-off nomce"
# Boot up Linux by default.
#
default=Linux
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
read-only
# restricted
# alias=1
image=/vmlinuz.old
label=LinuxOLD
read-only
optional
# restricted
# alias=2
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.24-xfs
label=Knoppix-2.2.24
initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
read-only
# restricted
# alias=1
# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
# other=/dev/hda4
# label=HURD
# restricted
# alias=3
other=/dev/hda1
label="Win/DOS(hda1)"
other=/dev/hda3
label="WinNT(hda3)"
### This file is automatically generated by update-modules"
#
# Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add
# anything please take a look at the files in /etc/modutils and read
# the manpage for update-modules.
#
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/0keep
# DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!
# This file is not marked as conffile to make sure if you upgrade modutils
# it will be restored in case some modifications have been made.
#
# The keep command is necessary to prevent insmod and friends from ignoring
# the builtin defaults of a path-statement is encountered. Until all other
# packages use the new `add path'-statement this keep-statement is essential
# to keep your system working
keep
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/0keep
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/actions
# Special actions that are needed for some modules
# The BTTV module does not load the tuner module automatically,
# so do that in here
post-install bttv insmod tuner
post-remove bttv rmmod tuner
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/actions
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/aliases
# Aliases to tell insmod/modprobe which modules to use
# Uncomment the network protocols you don't want loaded:
# alias net-pf-1 off # Unix
# alias net-pf-2 off # IPv4
# alias net-pf-3 off # Amateur Radio AX.25
# alias net-pf-4 off # IPX
# alias net-pf-5 off # DDP / appletalk
# alias net-pf-6 off # Amateur Radio NET/ROM
# alias net-pf-9 off # X.25
# alias net-pf-10 off # IPv6
# alias net-pf-11 off # ROSE / Amateur Radio X.25 PLP
alias net-pf-17 af_packet # Packet socket (tcpdump)
# alias net-pf-19 off # Acorn Econet
alias via82cxxx via82cxxx_audio
alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
alias char-major-10-200 tun
alias char-major-81 bttv
alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
# Crypto modules (see http://www.kerneli.org/)
alias loop-xfer-gen-0 loop_gen
alias loop-xfer-3 loop_fish2
alias loop-xfer-gen-10 loop_gen
alias cipher-2 des
alias cipher-3 fish2
alias cipher-4 blowfish
alias cipher-6 idea
alias cipher-7 serp6f
alias cipher-8 mars6
alias cipher-11 rc62
alias cipher-15 dfc2
alias cipher-16 rijndael
alias cipher-17 rc5
# Name inconsistency in 2.4 Kernel series
alias ide_cs ide-cs
alias usbcore off
alias autofs autofs4
# If both mousedev and usbmouse are insmodded, neither of them works right.
# Adding solution proposed by Kai Lehmann:
alias usbmouse mousedev
# Same for USB keyboards, which should be used in hid generic mode instead
alias usbkbd hid
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/aliases
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/apm
alias char-major-10-134 apm
alias /dev/apm_bios /dev/misc/apm_bios
alias /dev/misc/apm_bios apm
options apm power_off=1
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/apm
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/autofs
probe autofs autofs4 autofs
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/autofs
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/ftape-util
#
# load ftape/zftape automatically
#
# valid for all versions with zftape
alias char-major-27 zftape
# Bleeding edge ftape driver from ftape-module
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x3f0 ft_fdc_irq=6 ft_fdc_dma=2
pre-install ftape-internal /usr/bin/swapout 15
# ftape driver from 2.2 kernel (Comment previous three lines and uncomment the
next one)
# options ftape ft_fdc_rate_limit=1000 ft_fdc_threshold=16 ft_fdc_base=0x360
ft_fdc_irq=9 ft_fdc_dma=3
# You may need to fine tune the parameters. See the ftape documentation for
more details
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/ftape-util
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/ipx.aliases
alias net-pf-4 ipx
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/ipx.aliases
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/irda
alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty
# The following is for new kernel.
alias char-major-161 ircomm-tty
# The following is for old kernel.
alias char-major-60 ircomm_tty
# To be able to attach some dongles
alias irda-dongle-0 tekram
alias irda-dongle-1 esi
alias irda-dongle-2 actisys
alias irda-dongle-3 actisys
alias irda-dongle-4 girbil
alias irda-dongle-5 litelink
alias irda-dongle-6 airport
alias irda-dongle-7 old_belkin
# FIR device drivers.
# options smc-ircc ircc_irq= ircc_dma=
# alias irda0 smc-ircc
# options toshoboe max_baud=
# alias irda0 toshoboe
# options w83977af_ir io= io2= irq= qos_mtt_bits=
# alias irda0 w83977af_ir
# To use the NSC driver on a Thinkpad laptop: uncomment the following:
# options nsc-ircc dongle_id=0x09
# alias irda0 nsc-ircc
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/irda
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/linux-wlan-ng
# Aliases to tell insmod/modprobe which module to use when bringing up the
# wlan0 interface.
# Uncomment the line corresponding to the type of prism2 device you have.
alias wlan0 prism2_pci
#alias wlan0 prism2_usb
#alias wlan0 prism2_cs
#alias wlan0 prism2_plx
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/linux-wlan-ng
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/lvm-common
# The Logical Volume Manager uses these block and char numbers
alias block-major-58 lvm-mod
alias char-major-109 lvm-mod
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/lvm-common
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/mt-st
# Reset the st driver on module insertion...
post-install st /etc/init.d/mt-st modload > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/mt-st
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/paths
# This file contains a list of paths that modprobe should scan,
# beside the ones that are compiled into the modutils tools
# themselves.
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/paths
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/ppp
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/ppp
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/raidtools2
alias md-personality-1 linear
alias md-personality-2 raid0
alias md-personality-3 raid1
alias md-personality-4 raid5
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/raidtools2
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/setserial
#
# This is what I wanted to do, but logger is in /usr/bin, which isn't loaded
# when the module is first loaded into the kernel at boot time!
#
#post-install serial /etc/init.d/setserial start | logger -p daemon.info -t
"setserial-module reload"
#pre-remove serial /etc/init.d/setserial stop | logger -p daemon.info -t
"setserial-module uload"
#
alias /dev/tts serial
alias /dev/tts/0 serial
alias /dev/tts/1 serial
alias /dev/tts/2 serial
alias /dev/tts/3 serial
post-install serial /etc/init.d/setserial modload > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
pre-remove serial /etc/init.d/setserial modsave > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/setserial
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/arch/i386
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias char-major-10-144 nvram
alias binfmt-0064 binfmt_aout
alias char-major-10-135 rtc
# no warnings to stderr on KNOPPIX
insmod_opt=-q
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/arch/i386
